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Comment on a licensing application
Support or object to an application for a premises licence
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Projects being supported in the Cotswold District
Apply for housing
Register with Homeseeker Plus to apply for rented social housing
Housing grants
How to apply for grants and who is eligible, the Disabled Facilities Grant, support with applying
Self-build housing
Information and resources on building your own home and joining the self-build register
Warm and Well
Free energy advice and information for local residents
Community led housing
Community-led housing schemes deliver new homes that will be owned or managed by the community
Neighbourhood planning process
How to make a neighbourhood plan, different stages the plan has to go through
Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment
An assessment of potential development sites to support the Local Plan
Planning application supporting information
View all of the validation checklists and guidance for your planning application
Grants for environmental and heritage projects
Find a grant, tips on applying for grants
Local land charges
How to apply for a Land Charges search, including charges and timescales
Community wellbeing
Community activities and groups in the Cotswold District
Food sustainability
How we are engaging with the local voluntary and community sector to help enable and support new initiatives
Council data and information listings Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
A comprehensive list of council information, open data
Counter fraud, bribery and corruption
What to do if you suspect fraud or misuse of public funds, and how to report internal fraud
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards
Understand landlords' responsibilities regarding energy efficiency requirements for rental properties.
Houses in multiple occupation
Apply for an HMO licence, fees for the licence
Business support and advice
Advice to help you grow and maintain your business
Homelessness support and advice
Advice and support if you are homeless or at risk of being homeless
Fit to rent - landlord information
Apply to the fit to rent scheme, standards you need to meet to be eligible
Selling or renting your former council property
Apply to alter, sell or let your former council home
Housing advice
Book a free appointment with one of our housing advisors or find advice online
Housing strategy and policy
The Housing Plan, housing needs, affordable homes planning document, empty homes policy
Driver licence renewals
Renew a hackney carriage or private hire driver licence
Thinking of becoming a Taxi Driver?
This section will guide you through all you need to know and do to become a taxi driver
Step by step guide to applying for a Taxi Driver Licence (New applicant)
All the things you need to know and do to become a driver
Review of licences
Apply to have a premises licence or club premises certificate reviewed
Dangerous wild animals
Apply for a licence or renew an existing one
Zoo licence
Apply for a licence or renew an existing one
Animal activity licence
Apply for a licence (animal boarding, performing animals, breeding or selling)
Pavement licence
Licence to put furniture on the pavement, how to apply
Gaming machines
Apply for a permit or notify us of gaming machines in a licensed premises
Food hygiene ratings
Check a food hygiene rating, how businesses are rated and how to improve a rating
Invest in the Cotswolds
Why the Cotswolds is a great place for businesses, our Green Economic Growth strategy
Demolitions
Give us notice of a demolition, how long it takes and what you need to do before starting work
Made neighbourhood plans
Neighbourhood plans which have been approved and are now part of planning policy
Cotswold District Council Local Plan
Plan setting out our policies on future development in the area with all supporting evidence.
Local Plan News and Consultation
Supporting documents for consultations and Local Plan related news.
Get advice on your planning application
Get advice on your application before you submit it, includes charges and timescales
Report breach of planning regulations
Report work you think has been done without permission, includes the enforcement process
Make a planning application
Apply for planning permission and find out how long the process will take
Are you liable for CIL
What the community structure levy is, when you need to pay it
Calculate your CIL charge
Find out how much you need to pay, CIL calculator and additional charges
Infrastructure spending and funding
How we spend the money collected from CIL, annual reports, guidance for parish and town councils
Scheduled monuments
Advice for properties with a scheduled monument
Can I Retrofit a Listed Building or a Building in a Conservation Area
It is possible to retrofit listed buildings and buildings in conservation areas; find out more.
Choosing a Professional
How to Choose an Architect, Surveyor, Built Heritage Specialist Retrofit Co-ordinator or Tradesperson.
Grant Funding
Funding for Homeowners
Relevant Legislation and Policy
Legislation and Policy
Submitting an Application
Advice on submitting a planning of listed building consent application.
Glossary
An A-Z of Retrofit
Local design guidance
Guides to make sure new developments fit in with the local environment
Design and access statement
Find out when you need a statement for your planning application, useful templates to help you create your own
Cotswold Water Park
Information on the CWP including the 2022 Nature Recovery Plan and the 2008 Strategic Review
Biodiversity and planning policy
The policies which help new developments conserve and enhance biodiversity in the district
Great crested newt district licensing scheme
How to get a licence for developments in areas where great crested newts are present
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
How to measure BNG and assess the impacts of planning applications
Communities and leisure
Support information for local communities, leisure centre and museum details and what’s going on in your community
Community grants and funding
Grants and funding available for community groups and voluntary organisations
Cotswold Connected Community and Food Programme
For not-for-profit voluntary and community sector organisations and social enterprises
Voluntary and community organisations
How we work in partnership to tackle the issues that matter
Community rights
How communities can influence what happens in their local area
Emergency planning
How we plan for emergencies, weather advice and community resilience
Supporting older people
Schemes and services available to older people in the Cotswold district
Supporting children and families
Information on children's centres, charities and organisations which provide support to families
Domestic abuse
Support for people experiencing domestic abuse
Parking projects
Our projects for managing parking demand, including the Waterloo and Cirencester Rugby Club
Code of conduct for district councillors
Read the code of conduct, complain about a councillor, register of interests, rules for gifts and hospitality
Data protection
How we collect, hold and use data about the people and organisations we work with
Comments and complaints
Give us a comment, complaint or compliment
Public participation
How to take part in council and committee meetings and how we welcome petitions
Our aims and priorities
View our corporate strategy, our key priorities and principles
The Leader of the Council
Joe Harris is the Leader of Cotswold District Council. Find out more about the role of the leader and their responsibilities
Current vacancies
View the latest job vacancies available at the council and those working across our partnerships
Investing in the Cotswolds
See how we plan to improve services, protect our environment and support our amazing communities and businesses
Council functions and responsibilities
Information on the roles of county, district, town and parish councils
Liability, legislation and general information about Council Tax
If you are liable to pay Council Tax, you must make your payments
Council Tax Support
Find out if you are eligible for help with your Council Tax payments and how to apply
Council Tax discounts and exemptions
When and how you can make reduced payments on your Council Tax
Apply for Housing Benefit
Eligibility criteria and application process for Housing Benefit
Universal Credit
Who is eligible for Universal Credit and how to apply
Report a fraud
What to do if you suspect someone is claiming benefits that they are not entitled to
Advice for landlords
How your tenants will get their Housing Benefit paid, what to do if they are in arrears
Manage your account online
Manage your Council Tax account and Business Rates account online. Make and view a benefit claim. Sign up to paperless billing.
Help if you're struggling with the cost of living
It’s important to know what help and support is available now – that could benefit you, a relative, friend or neighbour.
Support available in your community
Community groups and local organisations that can help with the cost of living
Second Homes
Second homes are classed as properties which are furnished but not occupied as anyone's main home. Find out about how Council Tax is charged on this type of property.
Communicating with our residents
How we provide updates on vital services and help you better understand how the council operates
Filming and Photography
Our aim is to ensure that all filming and photography activities are carried out safely and with minimum disruption to our residents and businesses.
Bin and recycling container requests
Get a new bin or box, order blue/white bags and waste sacks, includes delivery times
Drive & Thrive Event
Find out more about our upcoming Drive & Thrive event: Discover Energy Efficiency & EV Solutions for Your Home!
Furbnow Partnership
Find out more about the Council's partnership with Furbnow
Litter, street cleaning and dog fouling
Report a full litter or dog waste bin, street cleaning/littering, find out when we clean the streets
What to do during a flood
Things you can do as a homeowner and support you can ask for
Recovering after a flood
What you should do after a flood, financial support, organisations offering support and advice
Cotswolds flood wardens scheme
Volunteers who act as the "eyes and ears" in their communities. Find out what they do and how to get involved.
Support for refugees
Charities which give support to refugees and how you can help
Ukraine support
Signposts to the various support groups, organisations and information supporting Ukraine
Cotswold climate and ecological emergencies
Learn about our commitments and actions addressing the declared climate and ecological emergencies.
Climate Initiatives & Future Plans FAQs
Get answers to common questions about our climate initiatives and strategic plans for a sustainable future.
Charity collections
Apply for a street collection or house to house collection licence
Parking and travel strategy and orders
How we manage parking in the district
Empty homes
Our policy on empty homes, enforcement orders
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This site is a guide to Cotswold District Council and its work. It contains everyday information for residents, such as refuse and recycling collection days, making a planning application, Council Tax and elections.
Housing
Help and advice for homeowners, council tenants, landlords and homelessness support
Fit to rent - tenants information
Standards for rental properties and your responsibilities as a tenant
Business and licensing
Apply and renew licences, including taxis, pay your business rates, find support for your business
Help for struggling businesses
Advice and support for businesses including paying bills, tax and dealing with debt
Hackney carriage vehicle licences
Apply, renew or transfer a licence for a hackney carriage, including fees
Private hire vehicle licences
Apply, renew or transfer a licence for a private hire taxi, including fees
Private hire operator licences
Apply for or renew a taxi operator licence
Taxi passengers
Different types of taxis, licensed companies in the area, staying safe
Book a taxi driver knowledge test
If wish to become a taxi driver you must take a Taxi Driver Assessment, book yours online now.
Personal licence
Apply for a personal licence to supply alcohol
Sex establishments
Apply for a licence or apply to waive the requirement of a licence
Hypnotism
Apply for a permit to show, demonstrate or perform a hypnotism act in public
Organising public events
Event safety, street parties and fetes, applying for a temporary event notice and street closures
Filming in Cotswold District
Advice for those filming in the Cotswolds
Acupuncture, tattooing, piercing, electrolysis
Apply for a licence
Caravan and campsites
Apply for a caravan and camping site licence
Gambling
Gambling licences and how to apply, Local area profile information
Local Area Profile
Crime data for the local area, using local information in gambling licence applications
Lotteries and raffles
How to register a lottery or raffle
Premises licence for gambling
Apply for a licence if you want to provide gambling facilities
Food export health certificate
Apply for a food export health certificate
Starting a food business
How to start a food business, registering and when to get approval, food safety regulations
Paying your business rates
Different ways to pay your business rates
Rate relief
Find out what help and discounts on business rates are available
Business rates review
We have a duty to maintain accurate records to ensure business rates are being correctly levied
Business rate changes 2023
Find out more about how business rates have changed and how this may affect your business
Brexit advice and information
Our risk assessment and advice for residents, businesses, employers and the voluntary sector
Planning and building
Apply for planning permission or building regulations, the Local Plan and planning policy for the Cotswolds
Unauthorised building work
How to get building regulations approval after work has been carried out, report work which is not following regulations
Find out if you need building regulations approval
The services we offer and when you might need building regulations approval
Planning policy
The local plan, neighbourhood planning and Cotswold Design guidance
Fairford Neighbourhood Plan
Fairford Neighbourhood Development Plan
Policy Documentation and Monitoring
Annual Monitoring Reports, Local Development Scheme, Statement of Community Involvement, etc.
Section 106 monitoring fees
A schedule of monitoring fees for Section 106 legal agreements
Cirencester town centre
Feasibility, public transport studies and other information related to planning in Cirencester town centre
Find out if you need planning permission
Find out what you need planning permission for and what is permitted development
Planning committee
Find out about the committee and how to speak at a committee meeting
Street naming and numbering
Report a problem with a street address, let us know about new address
Tree Preservation Orders
Apply to carry out work on a protected tree
Trees in conservation areas
Apply to carry out tree works in a conservation area
High hedges
How to complain about a hedge that is too high
Find an arboricultural or tree expert
How to choose an expert to carry out your tree works
Conservation area maps
Find towns and villages with conservation areas and view their boundaries on a map
Retrofit and Energy Efficiency
Retrofit Guidance for Traditional and Listed Buildings
Benefits of Traditional Buildings
Traditional buildings are inherently sustainable.
Before you Start
Some of the things that you should think about first.
Quick Wins
Simple, cheap, and easy to install measures to improve your building’s energy efficiency.
Why Retrofit
What is Retrofit and its Key Stages
Quick Wins
Simple, cheap, and easy to install measures to improve your building’s energy efficiency.
Cotswold design guidance
Design and access statement, guidance for development in the Cotswolds, environmental and heritage grants
Historic parks and gardens
Historic parks and gardens in the Cotswold district and how to search the register
Landscape character
Why landscape character is important, landscape character assessments
Special landscape areas
Areas which have been given Special Landscape Area status and what this means
Landscape development and planning
Landscape scheme, planning applications and landscape, landscape visual impact assessment
Biodiversity and development management
Biodiversity advice for anyone making a planning application
Ecological assessments
Find out when an eco assessment is required and what it should include
Biodiversity specifications
Our guidance on incorporating wildlife into your development
Habitats regulations assessment
Mitigating recreational impacts on internationally important wildlife sites
Cotswold interactive maps
Check if a site or property is within a conservation area, area of natural beauty or green belt. Use the layers to view parish boundaries, listed buildings and local facilities.
Support for communities
Community rights, services for children and families, services for older people, Community Right to Bid
Community Right to Bid
Community rights for pausing the sale of local buildings or land
Cotswold Careline
Alarm monitoring service helping people live independently
Antisocial behaviour
What is defined as antisocial behaviour, and what actions may be taken to combat such behaviour
Community Safety Partnership
How the council works with partners to reduce crime and disorder
Safeguarding vulnerable people from extremism
Our duty to support vulnerable people
Allotments
The majority of allotments are administered by your local parish or town council
Where to park
Find parking spaces and prices, cashless parking and electric charging points
Car park layouts
Layouts of all Cotswold District Council owned and run car parks.
About the Council
Elections, find your local councillor, council meetings and minutes, view current job vacancies, performance and spending, contact and petition us online
Register to vote
How to register to vote, the annual canvass, electoral and open register
Annual canvass
Check of all households to make sure register of eligible voters is up to date
Helping you to vote - disabled access and information
Support registering to vote, ways to vote and accessibility
Types of elections
Find out about the different types of elections and when they take place
The Council's Constitution
How we operate, how decisions are made and the procedures we follow
Council meetings and minutes
Dates, agendas and minutes of council meetings
Cabinet decision making
How we publicise the upcoming key decisions set to be taken
Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations
How to make a FOI or EIR request
Council spending
Monthly spending, financial plans and senior management salaries
Budget consultation
Information on our budget proposals for 2024 to 2025
Live council meetings and webcasts
Watch council meetings live and find out how to ask questions at meetings
Census 2021
Information on the Census 2021 and how to take part
Town and Parish Council precepts
Town and parish councils are funded by an annual precept which is added to Council Tax
The Chair of the Council
About Councillor Nikki Ind who is the Chair of Cotswold District Council
Council Tax and benefits
Pay your Council Tax, find out what support is available, how you can claim benefits or let us know about changes
Pay Council Tax
Make a Council Tax payment and find out the different ways you can pay
Report a change in circumstances
Let us know if you are moving house or if anything has changed which may affect your payments
Council Tax bands, charges and appeals
How much you will be paying and how you can appeal if you think the band is wrong
Discretionary Housing Payments
You may be able to apply for extra help with your housing costs
Backdating benefit
Circumstances in which a claimant's Housing Benefit can be backdated
Appeal a benefit decision
How to appeal a benefit decision, who to contact and timescales
Cookies
Find out about the cookies we use
General information
We collect your personal information to provide council services
General waste: Grey wheelie bin
Any non-recyclable waste, how much we will collect
Garden waste: Green wheelie bin and brown sacks
What you can put in your bin and how to apply for a garden waste licence
Recycling banks and centres
Where to take waste and recycling that we do not collect
Getting rid of large items
How to book a bulky waste collection, what we will collect and how much it costs.
What happens to your recycling
Recycling collection processing information
Coronavirus - Bins and recycling
Any changes to bin collections, what to do with rubbish whilst self-isolating
Abandoned vehicles
Report an abandoned vehicle, check if a vehicle is taxed
Home energy conservation strategy
Cotswold District Council’s latest HECA Report
Dogs lost and found
Report a lost or stray dog, how to stop your dog from straying
Report a dead animal
Report a dead animal by the road, including badgers and foxes
Cemeteries and estates
Cemetery fees, burial records for Chesterton and Stratton, contact the burials team
Grass verges and cutting
Who to contact depending on the location
Abandoned shopping trolleys
What to do if you see a shopping trolley abandoned in the district
Report graffiti or fly-posting
Use our web form to report fly-posting and graffiti on Council land and property
Pest control
Information on controlling pests in your home or business
Air quality
Find out about local air quality
Noise and other nuisances
How to make a complaint about a noise or nuisance
Environmental permits
Find out about environmental permits and apply for one
Contaminated land
Find out about the treatment of contaminated land and arrange to view our public register
Private water supplies
Register your private water supply, risk assessments, nitrate levels, supply fees and water quality
Food hygiene complaints
How to complain about food premises and items of food
Report fly-tipping
Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of items. Find out how you can report and prevent it
Flooding
Report flooding, get support after a flood, flood alleviation reports
Watercourses and ditches
Maintenance, who has responsibility for keeping ditches clear and looking after watercourses
Flood reports and reviews
Flood reports and alleviation projects, parish flood reviews
Report flooding
Who to report different kinds of flooding to
How to prepare for flooding
Make preparations to protect your home should flooding take place
Sewage Summit
An event which brought together environmental activists, water companies and other agencies to delve into the underlying causes of sewage pollution
Visitor information centres
Locations, opening times and contact details
Retrofit Engagement Scheme
Find out more about the Cotswold District Council Retrofit Engagement Scheme.
Energy efficiency and affordable warmth
Advice and funding available to help your home be more energy efficient
Achieving net zero carbon homes
Access our comprehensive toolkit designed to guide new builds and retrofits towards net-zero carbon emissions.
Cotswold Home Solar
Find information and guidance on installing solar panels to harness renewable energy for your home.
Apply for building regulations approval
How to apply for approval, including exemptions and how long it will take
Current and future elections
Details of upcoming elections, how you can vote